Question : ABANDONING CLOSURE OF COAL MINES

(a) the details of the coal mines abandoned/closed in the country including Jharkhand during the last three years and the current year and the coal mines which are likely to be closed after exhaustion of coal in them, State-wise;

(b) the quantum of loss in production of coal as a result of abandoning/closure of those mines and the quantum of loss likely to be lost due to such abandoning/closures in future;

(c) the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to compensate these losses/reduction in production of coal;

(d) whether any contingency plan has been prepared by the Government to explore and operate new mining areas so that there is no deficiency in supply of coal to thermal power plants; and

(e) if so, the details thereof?

MINISTER OF STATE (I/C) IN THE MINISTRY OF COAL, POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a) The State-wise list of coal mines abandoned/closed/discontinued, in Coal India Limited (CIL) during the last three years as on 1.4.2014, due to exhaustion of reserves are given below :

 S.No.	State	Years of Closure	Name of Mines 1	West Bengal	2011-12	Nil	2012-13	Nil	2013-14	Begunia UG 2	Jharkhand	2011-12	Karkatta OC	2012-13	N.S. Dhori UG	2013-14	Nil 3	Madhya Pradesh	2011-12	Patherkhera-II UG	2012-13	Damua UG	2013-14	i) Satpura-II UG	ii) Nandan-I UG	iii) Baiga OC 4	Maharashtra	2011-12	Nil	2012-13	2013-14 5	Chhattisgarh	2011-12	i) West Chirimiri OC	ii) Pawan Incline	2012-13	Nil	2013-14	Nil 6	Odisha	2011-12	Nil	2012-13	2013-14 7	Assam	2011-12	Nil	2012-13	2013-14 

 S.No.	State	Name of the Mines 1.	West Bengal	i) West Kenda OC	ii) Mahabir OC	iii) Belbaid OC 2.	Jharkhand	i) Rajpura OC	ii) Sirka UG	iii) Ray Bachra UG	iv) Jarangdih OC	v) Sel. Dhori/Kalyani OC	vi) SDQ-III OC 3.	Madhya Pradesh	i) Rajnagar OC	ii) Kanchan OC	iii) Dhanpur UG	iv) Jamuna 9/10 UG	v) Rajnagar RO UG	vi) Malga UG	vii) Bijuri UG	viii) Kaidhara UG	ix) Jamuna OC 4.	Maharashtra	i) Makardhokra – II OC	ii) Navin Kunada OC 5.	Chhattisgarh	i) Dugga OC	ii) Banki Main UG	iii) Balgi1/2, 3 & 4	iv) Dharam UG	v) Chhal OC	vi) Bartunga Hill UG	vii) NCPH Old UG	viii) North Chirimiri UG	ix) Kumda 7/8 UG	x) Bisrampur OC 6.	Odisha	i) Chhendipara OCP